CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After 30 years of spaceflight, NASA's iconic space shuttles will fly no more. The space agency's storied shuttle program ended today (July 21) when the shuttle Atlantis soared ...

NASA has put off the planned launch of its next-generation Orion spacecraft for a year, a setback to efforts to fly a successor to its aging space shuttles, the space agency announced Monday.

This view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, clearly shows its payload bay and upper surfaces. The image was photographed by one of the Expedition 15 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station ...

Six-man crew to land in Florida Wednesday as shuttle program winds down. May 31, 2011— -- The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew are scheduled to return to Earth early Wednesday morning, ...

The choice of the Boeing 747 as the primary aircraft to ferry the Space Shuttle orbiter was a decision rooted in the jumbo jet’s size, strength, and availability during the 1970s. This unique ...